Rockets (multiplayer)

Instructions

***** Rockets ***** This is a game of exploration and discovery. The blue arrows point to other planets (red is the closest). The orange arrows point to other players. There are currently 8 planets to explore. Feel free to remix this and add as many planets as you want! *** Controls: *** Use A/D to turn left and right. Use Z/X to increase/decrease throttle (the bar on the left). Press space to power the thruster. N to toggle player usernames U to toggle the UI I to toggle the navigation M to toggle the music If the game is too slow or you can't play online, use turbowarp: https://turbowarp.org/948630287 *** Challenges *** There are currently two challenges avaible. To begin a challenge, select it from the challenge menu. Grand Tour: Visit all planets as quickly as possible! Race to Mudpie: Get to Mudpie as quickly as you can go! *** My criticisms: *** - The mechanics of orbits in this game are not accurate - Planets are much smaller than they should be (more fun and easier to learn when they are smaller) - Updates the velocity and position every frame instead of using math to calculate where it will be at a given time. - Why I cannot fix this (NERD WARNING): I have been able accomplish obtaining the Keplerian elements (e.g. velocity at a given point, major and minor axis, eccentricity, apoapsis, periapsis, etc...) of a two-dimentional two body problem as a function of the standard gravitational parameter, distance, and velocity. However, I cannot find an easy way to estimate true anomaly as a function of time, if you know how, please let me know ;) - If you did not understand that last part, great! It means that there is something super cool for you to learn about (if you're up for the challenge). Everything I learned, I learned by watching online videos, playing Kerbal Space Program (a game), and surfing Wikipedia for answers. This page is very useful: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orbital_elements Tags: #rocket #online #multiplayer